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IGP Idris, not Buhari initiated reopening of Bola Ige’s murder case
Indications have emerged that the idea of reopening the murder cases of former Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Chief Bola Ige and a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Aminosari Dokubo, was solely the iniatiative of the new Acting Inspector General of the Police and not President Muhammadu Buhari.
This is just as the police may have decided to re-arraign suspects who were earlier arrested and detained in connection with the murder of Bola Ige.
According to sources, the IG wanted to demonstrate that the police could resolve all previously abandoned politically-motivated murder cases in the country.
It would be recalled that the decision to reopen the cases have been widely credited to President Muhammadu in media reports.
A top source in the Presidency, said on Tuesday the reopening of the cases was an initiative of the present police management, adding that naturally the President would not oppose such a decision that was aimed at ensuring justice.
He said: “The truth is that President Buhari did not order the reopening of the murder cases.
“The decision was solely taken by the new police management led by the Acting IGP.
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“The belief of the police management is that investigations into the cases were carried out shoddily, hence the need to revisit them.
“Naturally, the President will not go against such a decision but he was not the one that ordered the reopening of the cases”.
Also, sources in the police disclosed that all the suspects that were arrested in 2002 who were later freed would be apprehended again for fresh arraignment and prosecution in respect of the case.
It also disclosed that a Special Investigation Panel, SIP, set up by the IG will look at all the evidence in the case, including forensic analysis which will be used to prosecute the suspects afresh.
By Timothy Enietan-Matthews
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